Aerocool Project 7 P7-C0 Pro Chassis Review

Complete System

As I suspected, cable management was a bit of a headache with this chassis. That’s not to say you couldn’t get good results, but I couldn’t with the hardware at my disposal. The PSU we use is a little big, and to install it, or to have any cable routing space under the shroud, I had to remove the 3.5″ HDD bays. Removing them is fine for me, as I’m using a single SSD or M.2, but this is something you should consider; measure twice, buy once.

In fairness though, at least you can remove the bay, that extra room does come in handy if you’re not using 3.5″ drives.

The fan and RGB hub is nicely designed, but keeping all those cables in order is no easy task. It comes with adhesive pads to stick it elsewhere in the chassis, but will also mount into the 2.5″ trays if required.

Tight cable routing space is one thing, but the end result isn’t too shabby at all. From the business side, this is a very clean-looking build, and there’s zero excess cable trail required to reach our hardware.

The Noctua NH-D15S is one of the biggest air coolers on the market today. However, it fits within the Project 7 with ease. I do think with the width of this chassis, a little more room behind the motherboard would have been possible. I’d even say move the top fan mounts off center to be closer to the left. Doing so may make top mounted radiators a reality, as few people really need fans in the top.

PSU Shroud!

GPU mounting was easy enough, and with an ATX motherboard, you could happily fit multiple graphics cards or other expansion cards. Those side loading PSU connectors can benefit from the cable pass through too, which keeps things neat and tidy.

Lots of airflow from those front fans, keeping things nice and cool.

Now with all the panels back in place, it’s quite hard to see through with the lights off. This is a lucky escape for that challenging cable routing, as it’s near impossible to see anyway, but that’s subjective and lighting dependent.

Turn on the lights!